Liberty for All: Reclaiming Individual Privacy in a New Era of Public MoralityYale University Press, 1 oct. 2008 - 304 pagini divIn the opening chapter of this book, Elizabeth Price Foley writes, “The slow, steady, and silent subversion of the Constitution has been a revolution that Americans appear to have slept through, unaware that the blessings of liberty bestowed upon them by the founding generation were being eroded.” She proceeds to explain how, by abandoning the founding principles of limited government and individual liberty, we have become entangled in a labyrinth of laws that regulate virtually every aspect of behavior and limit what we can say, read, see, consume, and do. Foley contends that the United States has become a nation of too many laws where citizens retain precious few pockets of individual liberty. With a close analysis of urgent constitutional questions—abortion, physician-assisted suicide, medical marijuana, gay marriage, cloning, and U.S. drug policy—Foley shows how current constitutional interpretation has gone astray. Without the bias of any particular political agenda, she argues convincingly that we need to return to original conceptions of the Constitution and restore personal freedoms that have gradually diminished over time./DIV |
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... legislative acts - presum- ably endorsed by the citizenry — to go into effect . The important thing , to the liberals , is that the Court reached the right results , even if the analytical path by which those results were reached is ...
... legislative acts - presum- ably endorsed by the citizenry — to go into effect . The important thing , to the liberals , is that the Court reached the right results , even if the analytical path by which those results were reached is ...
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... legislative majority, that tell citizens what specific actions are punishable. These ordinary laws often reflect “public moral- ity”—i.e., the passions, prejudices, and moral beliefs of a portion of the citi- zenry. But are they ...
... legislative majority, that tell citizens what specific actions are punishable. These ordinary laws often reflect “public moral- ity”—i.e., the passions, prejudices, and moral beliefs of a portion of the citi- zenry. But are they ...
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... legislative representatives . Legislators win or lose elections based on their perceived receptivity to the majority's desires , with the result that legisla- tures are in a constant state of activity , enacting , repealing , and ...
... legislative representatives . Legislators win or lose elections based on their perceived receptivity to the majority's desires , with the result that legisla- tures are in a constant state of activity , enacting , repealing , and ...
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... legislative power under American law . It assumes that legisla- tive power is plenary in the absence of some specifically enumerated limitation . to the contrary rather than assuming the opposite - in other words , that citi- zens ...
... legislative power under American law . It assumes that legisla- tive power is plenary in the absence of some specifically enumerated limitation . to the contrary rather than assuming the opposite - in other words , that citi- zens ...
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... legislative is most to be dreaded . " 16 The tyranny of the legislative branch was witnessed first - hand by American . colonists , who were subjected to numerous acts of Parliament that were con- sidered violative of individual liberty ...
... legislative is most to be dreaded . " 16 The tyranny of the legislative branch was witnessed first - hand by American . colonists , who were subjected to numerous acts of Parliament that were con- sidered violative of individual liberty ...
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The Harm Principle | 41 |
4 Marriage | 65 |
5 Sex | 102 |
6 Reproduction | 131 |
7 Medical Care | 151 |
8 Food Drugs and Alcohol | 178 |
Notes | 199 |
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